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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Virginia B. Wetherell, Secretary DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SERVICES Nevin G. Smith, Director FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Walter Schmidt, State Geologist and Chief OPEN FILE REPORT 62 CORE DRILLING AND ANALYSIS: CITY OF SARASOTA, DOWNTOWN WELL FIELD (revised) by K.M. Campbell, P.G. 192, T.M. Scott and R.C. Green FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Tallahassee, Florida 1995 ISSN 1058-1391 Core Drilling and Analysis: City of Sarasota, Downtown Well Field by K.M. Campbell, P.G. 192, T.M. Scott, P.G. 99 and R.C. Green 1994 Introduction The Florida Geological Survey (FGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the city of Sarasota, drilled and analyzed a deep core hole located at the Sarasota Downtown Well Field (SDWF). The investigation focused on the Neogene and Paleogene lithostratigraphy and the Floridan aquifer system. The corehole was drilled into the top of the Middle Eocene Avon Park Formation and terminated at a total depth of 1101 feet below land surface (bls). The core obtained in this study is cataloged as well W-16999 and is stored in the FGS core repository. Funding was provided by the Florida Geological Survey and the City of Sarasota. The SDWF draws water from both the intermediate and Floridan aquifer systems. The intermediate aquifer system and confining units consist of Neogene and Paleogene Hawthorn Group sediments. The Floridan aquifer system is composed of latest Paleogene sediments of the Hawthorn Group, and Paleogene sediments of the Suwannee and Ocala Limestones and the Avon Park Formation. The corehole site is located within the City of Sarasota at the SDWF (SE, SE, SW, section 18, Township 36 S, Range 18 E, elevation 18 feet), northwest of the intersection of 10th St. and Orange Ave (Figure 1). The well was drilled utilizing the FGS Failing 1500 drill rig. Core samples were collected from the land surface to 1101 feet bls. A four-inch diameter monitor well was constructed after coring was completed. The FGS installed casing from the land surface to 353 feet bls and plugged the corehole with neat cement from 590 to 1101 feet bls creating a monitor zone from 353 to 590 feet. A lithologic description for the core (Appendix 1) was generated by R.C.Green utilizing a binocular microscope. The description was recorded in the standard FGS format and entered into the FGS data base via WELL LOG DATA SYSTEM software (Geosys Inc., 1992). A stratigraphic column was also generated from the lithologic log. Structure The broad Florida Platform extends southward from the North American continent, separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean. The exposed portion of the platform forms the peninsula of Florida, with the present-day western coast of peninsular Florida lying approximately on the axis of the Florida Platform. Sarasota County, located in the southwestern portion of the Florida peninsula, lies near the center of the southern half of the platform. The main structural features that affected Cenozoic deposition in the study area include the Sarasota Arch, South Florida Basin, Ocala Platform and Okeechobee Basin. The Sarasota Arch and the South R 17 E R 18 E I 19 E I 20 E I R 21 E R 22 E w 16999 ug a SARASOTA DOWNTOWN WUELW cor SARASOTA COUNTY -N- VENICE \x t CM o 6 MILI SCALE SWELL LOCATION FOS060194 Figure 1. Location Map Florida Basin influenced deposition during the Paleogene, while the Ocala Platform and the Okeechobee Basin affected deposition during the Neogene. Subsurface investigations in southwestern Florida have encountered complex geologic conditions in the Paleogene and Neogene section. Some researchers have delineated faults disrupting the strata, complicating the lithostratigraphic and hydrostratigraphic interpretations (Sproul et al., 1972; Hutchinson, 1991). Other investigators recognized folding in seismic reflection surveys run parallel to the coastline and up the Caloosahatchee River (Missimer and Gardner, 1976). This has led to speculation that deep-seated faulting was responsible for near- surface structures. Interesting new data acquired during recent seismic surveys off the southwestern coast of the state have revealed that the reflectors in the mid-Eocene section are essentially flat lying, while reflectors in the Mio-Pliocene section appear folded (Missimer, personal communication, 1993). Evans and Hine (1988) discussed the existence of a number of small basins, erosional features and deltas. Samples from wells penetrating these features can provide a very confusing picture of the stratigraphy. The very limited information obtained from well cuttings has led to complex interpretations that include significant faulting (Sproul et al., 1972). Lithostratigraphy This investigation focused on the lithostratigraphy of the Neogene and Paleogene section in the SDWF corehole drilled for this study (FGS W-16999). This core penetrated the top of the Middle Eocene Avon Park Formation at 1028.5 feet bls. The Avon Park Formation in this core consists of interbedded limestones and dolostones (Figures 2 and 3). The dolostones are grayish brown to dark yellowish brown, fine grained, well indurated, variably porous and recrystallized. Benthic foraminifera, echinoids and fossil molds are the most common fossils present. Limestones present are very light orange, fine- to medium-grained, moderately- to well- indurated packstones. Fossils present are similar to those in the dolostones. Both lithologies may contain small quantities of organic material. The Avon Park is overlain by the Ocala Limestone. The contact in the northern portion of the peninsula is unconformable, however, in southern Florida the contact may be conformable. The Upper Eocene Ocala Limestone occurs from 781 to 1028.5 feet bls in the SDWF core. The Ocala consists primarily of limestone (781-961 feet) with a limited amount of dolostone (961-1028.5 feet). The limestones are very light orange, microcrystalline- to medium-grained, fossiliferous, moderately indurated grainstones and packstones with calcilutite matrix. Fossils consist primarily of benthic foraminifera, bryozoans, echinoids and mollusks. Dolostones are grayish brown, fine grained, well indurated, highly recrystallized, sucrosic and may contain trace quantities of organic material. Fossils and fossil molds are common, primarily species of the large benthic foraminifers Operculinoides, Nummulites, and Leoidocvclina. The Ocala Limestone in this core and others in the area, appears to be gradationally overlain by the Suwannee Limestone. The Lower Oligocene Suwannee Limestone occurs from 549 to 781 feet bls in the SDWF core. The limestones encountered are white to very light orange, EXPLANATION HATCHING PATTERNS GRAVEL FINE MEDIUM COARSE LIMESTONE SAND FINE MEDIUM COARSE DOLOSTONE Ia I I I1 SILT FINE MEDIUM COARSE INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE AND DOLOSTONE CLAY CHERT SHELL BED NO SAMPLE COMMENTS M MICRITE T SILT S SAND C CLAY P PHOSPHATE GRAVEL Sh SHELL p PHOSPHATE SAND D DOLDSTONE D ORGANIC L LIMESTONE R SPAR H HEAVY MINERALS I IRON STAIN NO SPL NO SAMPLE O QUARTZ G GYPSUM A ANHYDRITE Py PYRITE Ch CHERT FGS060294 Figure 2. Stratigraphic column legend V-16999 CITY OF SARASOTA CORE T.D.= 1101' FEErT TCRS UNDIFFERENTIATED o -- 014- r SAND AND CLAY p,c, - 5so 0-- s .ccry pPy,Ch ppy - 40 -150 - C.SPy; o .. Do pyr UNDIFFERENTIATED -2w0 "-, pp. * oac. ARCADIA FORMATION -a so -4o -50 - -55R - -- soa - - son - FIr AR -I-0 -ar, - D SUWANNEE A LIMESTONE -700 ARAI FORMAOChN ~s -: M -7WI -K4, -e J -9on OCALA -ee LIMESTONE R _1 -10 R - an --mo - -se mp, AVON PARK -oo rAo FORMATION --wo FGSO60394B Figure 3. Stratigraphic column of W-16999 predominantly moderately- to well-indurated, fine- to medium-grained, fossiliferous packstones to grainstones. Matrix material consists of calcilutite and to a lesser extent, sparry calcite. Foraminifera, including characteristic miliolid forms are the most common faunal constituent followed by mollusk fragments and molds. The Suwannee Limestone is overlain by the Arcadia Formation of the Hawthorn Group. The contact in some areas of the state appears to be disconformable while in other areas it appears to be gradational and conformable. The unconformity is often difficult to recognize due to similarities in lithologies between the top of the Suwannee Limestone and the basal Tampa Member or undifferentiated Arcadia Formation. The occasional difficulty in recognizing the disconformity spawned the humorous term "Suwa-Tampa-Haw" to describe the unit. This difficulty is predominantly related to lithologic descriptions and formational picks made from well cuttings. Close examination of high-quality core samples often allows the unconformity to be recognized. The Hawthorn Group, in the SDWF core, consists of the Arcadia Formation with its component Tampa Member (Scott, 1988). The Arcadia Formation is found from 6.8 feet to 548.5 feet bls. The Tampa Member is found from 376-548.5 feet bls. The upper Hawthorn Group Peace River Formation is absent due to erosion. The absence of the Peace River Formation in this core is not unusual for this area (Scott, 1988). The Lower Oligocene to Middle Miocene undifferentiated Arcadia Formation contains a wide variety of lithologies. In general, carbonates dominate the section with siliciclastic beds being less abundant (Figures 2 and 3). Dolostone tends to dominate the carbonate lithologies of the Arcadia Formation in this region. Limestone becomes more common within this section to the south and southeast. Dolostones in the core are generally yellowish gray, light olive gray and white, moderately- to well-indurated, fine- or very fine-grained, quartz sandy and clayey. Phosphate is ubiquitous in these sediments, although economic concentrations are not present. The concentration of phosphate particles varies considerably, from less than one to more than 20 percent of the sample, generally varying from approximately three to 10 percent. The Upper Oligocene to Lower Miocene Tampa Member of the Arcadia Formation was identified in the SDWF core from 376 to 548.5 feet bls. The Tampa Member consists predominantly of light- to yellowish-gray, slightly- to non-phosphatic, quartz sandy and occasionally clayey limestones. Dolostones are found from 475 to 501 and from 537.5 to 540 feet bls in this core. These dolostones are light gray to yellowish gray, predominantly very fine-grained, and moderately- to well-indurated. The Tampa Member is fossiliferous, with mollusk fragments and molds, benthic foraminifera and corals being common. One of the units of primary interest in this study is the Venice clay member (Joyner and Sutcliffe, 1976), an informal unit originally identified as a lower member of the Tamiami Formation. Upon investigating the Carlton Reserve core (W-16782) (Campbell, et al., 1993), characteristic Arcadia Formation sediments were found superimposed on the clays referred to the Venice clay member. The implication is that either the Arcadia sediments were reworked locally during the Pliocene and redeposited on the Venice clay member, or the Venice clay member is part of the Arcadia Formation. Microfossils recovered from the Venice clay member in the USGS Walton core, suggested an Early to Middle Miocene age (L. Edwards, USGS, personal communication, 1992) which is compatible with the age range of the Arcadia Formation. Following this lead, the Venice clay member has been recognized in the Arcadia Formation in other cores on file at the FGS. Scott (1992) suggested the informal placement of the Venice clay member in the Arcadia Formation based on the subjacent and suprajacent lithologies and preliminary fossil evidence. The Venice clay member is recognized in the SDWF core, occurring between 19 and 41.3 feet bls, and is generally, a variably dolomitic, gray-green clay with minor amounts of quartz sand and silt. Phosphate is rarely present in identifiable quantities. It becomes more silty (quartz and/or dolomite) toward the upper and lower contacts. Fossils were not noted in the Venice clay member, although microfossils are present in the unit in other cores. Sediments immediately above and below the Venice clay member may be very clayey "dolosilts." These beds are not included in the Venice clay member as defined in this report. The SDWF core reveals that a thin (five feet) carbonate bed occurs between two clay units that make up the Venice clay member, which is included in the unit. It is possible that, upon further study, the clay- and dolomite-rich zones that overlie or underlie the Venice clay member may be included in the informal unit. The gamma-ray signature of the Venice clay member consists of a zone of low gamma-ray intensity falling between two zones of more intense gamma-ray activity. The overall pattern of gamma-ray activity surrounding the Venice clay member is quite characteristic of the Arcadia Formation in southwestern peninsular Florida (Scott, 1988). The erosional disconformity forming the upper surface of the Hawthorn Group cuts across a variety of units depending on the location within southwest Florida. In the Tampa area, most of the Arcadia Formation is missing leaving the Tampa Member at or near the surface. The Hawthorn Group sediments thicken to the south as the axis of the platform dips in that direction, forming a more complete section. A thin Pleistocene section (0-6.8 feet bls) overlies the eroded surface of the Arcadia Formation. These materials consist of light gray and olive gray, medium- grained quartz sands with minor clay and calcilutite matrix and some weathered shells. Paleontology A paleontological reconnaissance based on calcareous nannofossils and diatoms was conducted by FGS paleontologists. Unfortunately, the samples are virtually barren of both nannofossils and diatoms. There are no indications that these microfossils were previously present. Analysis for dinoflagellates was not conducted. Hydrostratigraphy The potable water resources in the Sarasota area are contained primarily in the intermediate aquifer system, with limited quantities coming from the surficial aquifer system. The Floridan aquifer system underlies the entire area but does not contain potable water. The Floridan aquifer system consists of the carbonates of the Avon Park Formation, Ocala Limestone, Suwannee Limestone and the lower portion of the Tampa Member of the Arcadia Formation. The top of the Floridan aquifer system occurs at approximately 507 feet bls in the lower portion of the Tampa Member (Barr, personal communication, 1994). The Floridan aquifer system in the Sarasota area is used principally for irrigation, to supply saline water for reverse osmosis desalinization and the injection of waste water. The Arcadia Formation comprises the entire intermediate aquifer system and confining unit in this portion of Sarasota County. There are two major permeable zones and several confining zones recognized in the intermediate aquifer system in this area (Barr, personal communication, 1994). The Venice clay forms part of the upper confining zone in the SDWF core. The intermediate aquifer system extends from approximately seven feet bls to 507 feet bls. The surficial aquifer system is poorly developed in this core. It consists of a seven foot thickness of undifferentiated sands disconformably overlying the Arcadia Formation. Hydraulic Conductivity Falling head permeameters (Figure 4) were utilized to measure the hydraulic conductivity of 26 core samples. Thirteen sample intervals were analyzed for both vertical and horizontal hydraulic conductivity. One-inch diameter core plugs were taken adjacent to the vertical permeability samples to determine horizontal hydraulic conductivity. The following procedure is summarized from FGS permeability lab procedures. Indurated core samples were prepared for hydraulic conductivity testing by cutting the sample on a trim saw and encasing the sample in an epoxy resin within a larger diameter plastic tube. Liquid rubber and wax were placed on the ends of the core sample to ensure that the liquid resin did not block the ends of the sample during pouring and curing. After the epoxy hardened, the wax and liquid rubber layers were removed to allow fluid flow through the core. Rubber-ring gaskets were then placed on each end of the plastic tube containing the sample and the entire assembly was clamped in the permeameter. The assembled permeameter is placed on a stand and connected to a buret filled with de-ionized water to a level simulating one meter of hydraulic head. The stopcock on the buret is opened and the permeameter is monitored until flow has been achieved through the sample, at which time the stopcock is closed and the buret refilled. The fluid level is measured from the upper drain port to the top of the buret fluid level. This figure is recorded as the initial head. The time is noted and the stopcock opened. After sufficient head drop (usually 10 centimeters or more) the stopcock is closed and the time is recorded as the end of the test. Tests are conducted in triplicate except where saturation is not achieved. Samples that do not reach saturation after 31 days are removed. After testing of a sample is complete, the hydraulic conductivity is calculated by PERMCAL (software by Jon Arthur, FGS). Ten samples (6 horizontal, 4 vertical) did not saturate during the test period METER STICK LOWER RETAINING SCREEN PLEXIGLAS -TOP PLATE STOPCOCK PLASTIC TUBING QUICK 4ECT FITTING o- WATER FLOW DIRECTION Figure 2: Falling head permeameter (Green, et al., 1989). /yIPY (over 31 days in each case). Hydraulic conductivity of these samples should be considered only in a qualitative sense and are best described as having very low permeability. One sample (316 feet bis) was destroyed by slaking while saturating. The range of average hydraulic conductivities determined for those samples which did flow is from 1.65E-03 to 3.80E-09 centimeters/second (4.69E+00 to 1.08E-05 feet/day). In general, vertical hydraulic conductivity was less than the horizontal, although there were exceptions. For three of the sample intervals (316, 465 and 1095 feet bls), neither sample achieved saturation. Hydraulic conductivity data is presented in Tables 1-3. Effective porosity The samples cut for vertical hydraulic conductivity were also utilized for effective porosity determination. Samples were rinsed in distilled water after being cut on a trim saw, then oven dried at 500C. When dry, the samples were removed and allowed to cool and equilibrate with the lab air, then were weighed. Following weighing, each sample was placed in distilled water and allowed to saturate overnight. Samples were then removed from the water, lightly blotted and immediately weighed. Following weighing, the saturated sample was placed in a beaker with a known volume of water to determine the saturated sample volume. Porosity was then calculated. In order to obtain a porosity figure for the 316 foot sample which was destroyed by slaking, a second method was utilized. The shape volume of the dried sample was obtained by averaging several measurements of the core diameter and core height. The sample was then saturated in a known volume of distilled water in a graduated cylinder. Sample porosity was calculated utilizing the difference between the shape volume of the sample and the increase in volume (known volume of water and saturated sample) to get volume of pore spaces, which is then converted to percent porosity. To ensure that the results of this process are comparable to the previous method, several samples were run with both methods. Although the second process is less precise, the porosity values obtained are similar to the previous method. Effective porosity of the selected samples ranges from over 32 percent to less than one percent (Table 4). Acknowledgments A number of people provided assistance with different aspects of this project. Alex Howell prepared microfossil samples and conducted hydraulic conductivity analyses. Frank Rupert examined microfossil samples. Jon Arthur, Jim Balsillie, Joel Duncan, Ron Hoenstine, Steve Spencer and Frank Rupert of the FGS edited the text. Table 1 Vertical Hydraulic Conductivity Analysis of Selected Samples: Downtown Wellfield Core (W-16999) Depth Hydraulic Conductivity (K) (Ft) cm/s cm/s ft/day ft/day Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Mean (K) 316 Sample destroyed by slaking during saturation. 465 Sample did not reach saturation after 31 days. Hydraulic conductivity can best be described as very low. 495 9.22E-08 1.13E-07 8.64E-08 9.72E-08 2.62E-04 3.20E-04 2.45E-04 2.76E-04 756 Sample did not reach saturation after 31 days. Hydraulic conductivity can best be described as very low. 779 5.12E-06 3.96E-06 3.09E-06 4.05E-06 1.45E-02 1.12E-02 8.76E-02 1.15E-02 807 Sample did not reach saturation after 31 days. Hydraulic conductivity can best be described as very low. 847 Sample did not reach saturation after 31 days. Hydraulic conductivity can best be described as very low. 895 5.18E-06 4.94E-06 4.49E-06 4.87E-06 1.47E-02 1.40E-02 1.27E-02 1.38E-02 953 4.00E-09 4.00E-09 3.40E-09 3.80E-09 1.13E-05 1.13E-05 9.65E-06 1.08E-05 980.5 1.66E-03 1.70E-03 1.60E-03 1.65E-03 4.72E+00 4.81E+00 4.53E+00 4.69E+00 1025 2.76E-07 3.01 E-07 3.28E-07 3.02E-07 7.82E-04 8.55E-04 9.29E-04 8.55E-04 1035 4.39E-05 5.01E-05 3.59E-05 4.33E-05 1.25E-01 1.42E-01 1.02E-01 1.23E-01 1095 Sample did not reach saturation after 31 days. Hydraulic conductivity can best be described as very low. Table 2 Lateral Hydraulic Conductivity Analysis of Selected Samples: Downtown Wellfield Core (W-16999) Hydraulic Conductivity (K) cm/s cm/s ft/day ft/day Run 2 Run 3 Mean (K) Sample did not reach saturation after 31 days. Hydraulic conductivity can best be described as very low. Sample did not reach saturation after 31 days. Hydraulic conductivity can best be described as very low. 316 465 495 756 779 807 847 895 953 3.26E-07 9.23E-04 2.68E-03 7.60E+00 1.69E-05 4.79E-02 6.72E-06 1.90E-02 3.81E-05 1.08E-01 2.44E-04 6.91 E-01 1.80E-07 5.11E-04 2.79E-03 7.90E+00 8.10E-06 2.30E-02 8.97E-06 2.54E-02 6.78E-05 1.92E-01 2.30E-04 6.52E-01 3.10E-07 8.79E-04 2.76E-03 7.82E + 00 1.34E-05 3.81E-02 7.38E-06 2.09E-02 4.92E-05 1.39E-01 2.39E-04 6.78E-01 Sample did not reach saturation after 31 days. Hydraulic conductivity can best be described as very low. 6.10E-07 1.73E-03 2.09E-03 5.93E+00 4.12E-07 1.17E-03 3.80E-03 1.08E+01 1.15E-06 3.26E-03 3.63E-03 1.03E+01 Sample did not reach saturation after can best be described as very low. Sample did not reach saturation after can best be described as very low. 7.24E-07 2.05E-03 3.18E-03 9.00E+00 31 days. Hydraulic conductivity 31 days. Hydraulic conductivity Depth (Ft) Run 1 4.24E-07 1.20E-03 2.80E-03 7.95E+00 1.53E-05 4.33E-02 6.46E-06 1.83E-02 4.16E-05 1.18E-01 2.43E-04 6.90E-01 980.5 1025 1035 1095 Table 3 Hydraulic Conductivity: Comparison of Lateral and Vertical Conductivity Mean Hydraulic Conductivity Vertical Horizontal cm/s, ft/day cm/s, ft/day Sample destroyed by slaking Sample did not saturate 9.72E-08, 2.76E-04 Sample did not saturate 4.05E-06, 1.15E-02 Sample did not saturate Sample did not saturate 4.87E-06, 1.38E-02 3.80E-09, 1.08E-05 1.65E-03, 4.69E+00 3.02E-07, 8.55E-04 4.33E-05, 1.23E-01 Sample did not saturate Sample did not saturate Sample did not saturate 3.10E-07, 8.79E-04 2.76E-03, 7.82E+00 1.34E-05, 3.81E-02 7.38E-06, 2.09E-02 4.92E-05, 1.39E-01 2.39E-04, 6.78E-01 Sample did not saturate 7.24E-07, 2.05E-03 3.18E-03, 9.00E+00 Sample did not saturate SSample did not saturate Depth (Ft) 316 465 495 756 779 807 847 895 953 980.5 1025 1035 1095 Table 4 Effective Porosity of Selected Samples: Downtown Wellfield Core (W-16999) Depth (Ft) 316* 465 495 756 779 807 847 Porosity (%) 32.5 12.2 23.0 9.4 19.7 29.8 31.2 Depth (Ft) 895 953 980.5 1025 1035 1095 Porosity % 30.6 17.7 12.6 9.3 8.8 0.8 *Original sample destroyed by slaking during saturation; porosity figure determined by alternate method described in text. References Campbell, K.M., Scott, T.M., Green, R.C. and Evans, W.L. III, 1993, Sarasota County Intermediate aquifer system core drilling and analysis: Florida Geological Survey Open File Report 56, 21 p. Evans, M.W., and Hine, A.C., 1988, Late Miocene to Quaternary seismic and lithologic sequence stratigraphy of the Charlotte Harbor area: Southwest Florida: Final report to the South Florida Water Management District, 90 p. GeoSys, Inc., 1992, The Well Log Data System, version 3.0, Gainesville Fl, 43 p. Green, R., Duncan, J., Seal, T., Weinberg, J.M., and Rupert, F., 1989, Characterization of the sediments overlying the Floridan aquifer system in Alachua County, Florida: Florida Geological Survey Open File Report 29, 80 p. Hutchinson, C.B., 1991, Assessment of hydrogeologic conditions with emphasis on water quality and wastewater injection, southwest Sarasota and west Charlotte Counties, Florida: United States Geological Survey Open-file Report 90-709, 101 p. Joyner, B.F. and Sutcliffe, H., Jr., 1976, Water resources of the Myakka River Basin area, southwest Florida: United States Geological Survey Water Resources Investigation 76-58, 87 p. Miller, J. A., 1986, Hydrogeologic framework of the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1403-B, 91 p. Missimer, T.M., and Gardner, R.A., 1976, High-resolution seismic reflection profiling for mapping shallow aquifers in Lee County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations IN-TIS, WRI 76d-45, 30 p. Scott, T.M., 1988, The lithostratigraphy of the Hawthorn Group (Miocene) of Florida: Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 59, 148 p. 1992, Neogene lithostratigraphy of the Florida peninsula-problems and prospects: in Abstract volume, the third Bald Head Island Conference on Coastal Plains Geology, p. 34-35. Sproul, C.R., Boggess, D.H., and Woodard, H.J., 1972, Saline-water intrusion from deep artesian sources in the McGregor Isles area of Lee County, Florida: Florida Bureau of Geology Information Circular 75, 30 p.2. |


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July 31--USA Truck posted its first quarter of positive net income in three years as the company continues to drive its turnaround plan with diversification, efficiency and "crisp execution," USA Truck President and CEO John Simone said.
The Van Buren-based trucking company announced Thursday in its second-quarter report that it saw a 12.1 percent increase in base revenue to $125.0 million over the same period last year. Negatively, there was $2.2 million in legal fees defending a hostile takeover attempt from Knight Transportation and a continuing driver shortage, and a 2.1 percent decrease in trucking as more drivers drop out of the race.
Diversification came with the company's Strategic Capacity Solutions brokerage business contributing a base revenue of $41.8 million, a 39 percent increase over last year. And 92 of 100 of their top clients are using all of USA Truck's resources.
However, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations announced last July put a cap on the number of hours a trucker driver could work in a day.
Industry insiders like Jennifer Hosier, human resources manager at Drivers Select Inc., say the new regulations have resulted in a loss of drivers across the country as "time away from family doesn't make it worth the loss in pay." USA Truck has seen their unseated-truck percentage go up from 5.6 percent to 8.1 percent since the ruling.
"They're still operating at a 2.1 percent loss in the trucking segment," said Brad Delco, investment banking associate with Stephens Inc. "The good news was kind of priced in with the stock today."
USA Truck's stock opened at $18.74 Thursday morning and jumped to $19.50 before closing at $18.49.
Driver retention is improving though and "recruiting efforts are going well," Simone said during a conference call after the report was released. USA Truck has 1,856 trucks with 140 being owner/operators.
With this being USA Truck's seventh consecutive quarter of improved year-over-year financial results, Simone called it a "testament to the multiple revenue growth, operational and cost-efficiency initiatives."
"We posted our first quarter of positive net income in three years," Simone stated in a news release. "While continuing the work of implementing our turnaround plan, the progress we are making is evident in virtually every area of our business."
Despite a harsh winter, Simone said, USA Truck's results on an adjusted basis for the first six months of 2014 were also positive. The company saw adjusted earnings per share of $0.07 compared to a loss of $0.38 in the same period last year.
"This performance was made possible by crisp execution within this highly efficient service against the backdrop of a market characterized by strengthening demand and tight capacity," Simone stated. "Our SCS segment accounted for over one-third of our consolidated base revenue during the quarter, substantially strengthening and diversifying our integrated business model."
With fuel surcharge collections increasing 7.4 percent, the company increased revenue per total mile by 5.7 percent and grew its "miles-per-seated-tractor-per-week" number by 1.3 percent, their highest level in more than three years.
Elevated medical benefit plan costs, the report states, added pressure during the quarter, but USA Truck "achieved improvements" in critical areas such as insurance and claims, fuel and maintenance costs. The company also took steps the administration believes will increase its seated truck count, something they say remains one of management's top priorities.
"The availability of qualified drivers continues to be problematic across the truckload industry," the report states.
"Although the shortage of drivers and more restrictive hours-of-service rules continue to present challenges for our industry, the demand and pricing environment in the truckload marketplace is healthy and we believe our 2014 goals of positive consolidated operating income and adjusted EPS are achievable," Simone concluded.
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KOREAN HARDWARE GIANT Samsung is crediting its mobile devices unit with driving a 10 per cent jump in profits.
The company said that in the quarter it logged some 8.84tn Korean Won, or about $8.2bn, in profits from 56.06tn Won in revenues.
Much of that jump was credited to the company's highly successful Galaxy handset and tablet division. Samsung reported that its mobile business accounted for 27.23tn Won in revenues and 5.44tn Won in profits.
The company has seen its share of the mobile market boom in recent months. Last November the company was said by researchers to control nearly 23 percent of the global phone market.
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Velti sheds 200 employees in hint of trouble ahead for mobile ad firms
May 9, 2013
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Velti, one of the leading mobile advertising and marketing technology firms worldwide, on April 30 cut an estimated 200 to 250 employees from its workforce a couple of weeks ahead of its first-quarter earnings call on May 13.
The drastic cull, said to be the second this year and almost one-fifth of its staff including new hires and senior employees, comes as Nasdaq-listed Velti struggles to hold up its stock price, which went from a high of $10.91 to a low of $1.53 in the past 52 weeks.
The Velti plc stock closed at $2.11 yesterday, with a total market cap of $135 million.
Major drubbing
Wall Street has pummeled Velti for results that came in way below analysts� expectations.
Listed offshore in Jersey in the British Isles, Velti is projecting sales of $255 million to $280 million for 2013, downgraded from $399 million.
Alex Moukas is CEO of Velti
The company posted 2012 sales of $270 million, up 43 percent from fiscal 2011 and split four-fifths between mobile marketing services and the rest � $54.3 million � from mobile advertising.
Velti is said to have disappointed with poor fourth-quarter sales for last fiscal year. The fourth quarter is when budgets are allocated for the next year, so a weak performance in that period affects revenue for the ensuing 52 weeks.
The company announced a fourth-quarter adjusted loss of 39 cents per share, while analysts expected a profit of 59 cents per share.
Turmoil in Greece � the home country of Velti cofounder and CEO Alex Moukas � and the Middle East is said to have affected the company�s bottom line. It is said to be shedding clients in those regions, one battling from inability to pay national debts and another grappling with revolutions and civil wars.
An all-hands call on Tuesday, April 30 broke the payroll-cull news to Velti staff, including those working out of offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, CA, New York, London and Athens.
Word has it that Velti may even move out of new digs in San Francisco as part of a cost-cutting measure, but this was not confirmed.
An email inquiry to Velti chief financial officer Jeffrey Ross and investor relations executive Leslie Green regarding the staff redundancies was not answered.
Cofounder leaves
The payroll cutbacks come weeks after Velti cofounder and chief operating officer Chris Kaskavelis stepped down. The March 29 email memo, headlined �Chris Kaskavelis Parting Note,� said:
�I am saddened to announce that after co-founding and leading the company for 13 years, Chris Kaskavelis, our COO, is stepping down.�Mari Baker, one of our non-executive board directors, will be stepping-in in an interim basis, while we conduct a search for a new COO.
�Chris was a guiding force when we came up with the idea of Velti during our Boston days in early 2000.�His vision helped create Velti, and enabled it to grow globally it [sic] into the worldwide organization it is today. He was a key driver of our our expansion into new markets, products and geographies. As a co-founder and key shareholder, Chris remains committed to Velti�s growth and success.�We will continue to depend upon and value his expertise, and will be working with him as we transition to a new COO.
�Mari joins us as interim COO from her position as a member of our board since 2011. She brings to us executive experience at companies including Playfirst, BabyCenter, LLC/Johnson & Johnson, and Intuit. We look forward to working with her as we continue our progress towards achieving key goals company-wide and transforming the business.�
A new permanent chief operating officer has not been named.
While many Velti staff were aware of the cuts looming, some were shocked by the depth and size. Some took packages, while others were let go � across all departments, including Velti Media, a new buy-side mobile ad network that is set to go head-to-head with rivals Google, Millennial Media, Apple and a few others.
Velti�s mGage platform also competes with Hipcricket, one of the key players in the space.
Another service, the sell-side Mobclix, lets app developers and publishers offer inventory via real-time bidding auctions to advertisers looking to buy media space and time.
Velti also owns Casee, a mobile ad network in China.
Curse of the CPM
Analysts and investors who follow Velti (VELT on NasdaqGS) have been quite harsh on the company�s performance, criticizing leadership. Even Mr. Moukas� decision to hire new CFO Mr. Ross to bring in fresh blood was not credited.
In general, mobile advertising stocks in a pool of marketing services firms are amongst the worst performers on the stock markets � a surprising development given that mobile advertising and marketing use is on the upswing.
Increased commoditization of mobile advertising and marketing services is a key issue in the industry, as is the growing practice of marketers taking mobile services in-house.
Another troubling point for mobile ad firms to consider is low CPMs � cost-per-thousand impressions � on mobile, $1.31 versus the average $4.70 for PC-based Web advertising, per eMarketer.
Not surprisingly, such low CPM rates deliver anemic profit margins to companies offering mobile advertising services ranging from platform use to ad placement in media.
Velti�s woes have not prevented it from announcing a slew of deals.
In April alone � and days after launching Velti Media � the company agreed to power for two years all mobile services across Bauer Media Group UK�s 43 radio stations, tie up with [x+1] to add mobile messaging to its platform and ally with BlueKai to develop mobile data-driven audiences for brands.
Amidst all this activity in April, Velti sold 16.53 million ordinary shares at $1.50 apiece to raise $24.8 million toward a $16.5 million deferred financing of MIG, a November 2011 acquisition. The proceeds will also be allocated for research and development of its technology offerings, working capital and general corporate purposes, according to the company.
Millennial Media lowers Q1 loss, ups revenue
Meanwhile, Millennial Media showed growth in its first-quarter revenue, per an earnings call yesterday.
Millennial Media first-quarter revenue rose to $49.4 million from $32.9 million for the year-ago period, with a year-over-year increase of 50.1 percent.
Also, first-quarter gross margin grew to 41.6 percent from 39.5 percent in the year-ago time frame.
However, first-quarter net loss on a GAAP basis was $3.8 million, slightly less than a net loss of $4 million for the first quarter of last year.
Millennial Media projects total revenue for the second quarter to be in the range of $58 million to $60 million, with adjusted EBITDA to be between a loss of $500,000 and $1.5 million for the period.
The Baltimore, MD-based mobile ad network stuck by previous guidance that it anticipates 2013 revenue to be in the range of $270 million to $280 million, with adjusted EBITDA to be between $17 million and $18 million.
Millennial Media�s (MM) share price on the New York Stock Exchange has swung from a low of $5.87 to a high of $18.09 in the past 52 weeks. The stock was listed at $7.50 at day�s closing yesterday.
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